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Of all the international Jewish organisations with which the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has had close working relationships over the decades, the Hebrew...
From a Jewish point of view, one of the major advantages of living in South Africa is the extent to which the rights and freedoms of...
Global antisemitism has been trending steadily upwards since the turn of the century, with most diaspora countries noting a major increase in activity on virtually a...
As part of our ongoing efforts to assist the victims of the Boksburg explosion, last week, South African Jewish Board of Deputies National Director Wendy Kahn,...
It’s lovely to be back after the December break, which I hope was a time for rest and recovery for all. Although there hasn’t been a...
As 2022 draws to a close, the Jewish community can look back on a year that for all its challenges, has been replete with activity and...
In my previous column, I reflected on the profound significance of the recent World Jewish Congress (WJC) executive meeting being held in the Vatican in Rome,...
This week, I attended my first World Jewish Congress (WJC) executive committee meeting in Rome. It was a remarkable experience meeting contemporaries from around the world...
Following the previous Sunday’s Affiliates meeting, the second leg of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD’s) Gauteng Council conference for the community at large...
In 2023, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) will mark 120 years of serving the Jewish community, a milestone we look forward to celebrating...
Final preparations are taking place for the South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ (SAJBD’s) Gauteng Council conference on 10 November. This includes finalising the programme for...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD’s) Gauteng Council held its last meeting on Monday, 24 October, before its biennial conference in November. I would...
Preparations are in place for the Gauteng council conference on 10 November, and we’re boosted by the news that Deborah Lipstadt, the United States special envoy...
I participated in the inaugural conference of the new London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (LCSCA) on 11 September, together with South African Jewish...
Durban is home to the third-largest concentration of Jews in South Africa as well as being, after Cape Town and Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), the country’s...
We had the pleasure last week of congratulating our esteemed associate, Tali Nates, the founder and long-serving director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC),...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies has unfortunately been required to address many instances of anti-Israel rhetoric crossing the line into antisemitism. This was what...
Since its founding 14 years ago, Limmud has provided our community with an unrivalled array of outstanding local and international speakers presenting on topics relating to...
Diaspora Jewry has learned to brace itself for the inevitable backlash whenever conflict erupts between Israel and its neighbours. Over the past 15 years, most of...
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic shortly before the lockdown, a delegation from the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) visited the China Mall...
The terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Centre in Buenos Aires in July 1994 was a watershed moment in modern Jewish history. The atrocity, in...
“The distinctive characteristic of Jewish ethics is the social concern for all.” This simple yet deeply meaningful statement appears on a sign planted in a vegetable...
This week marks the anniversary of the devastating outbreak of violence and looting that gripped large parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last year. The impact of...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) continues to cement ties with international Jewry, at professional and lay-leader levels. Through these engagements, we forge solid...
Xenophobic sentiment has become pervasive in South Africa and all too often, what begins with inflammatory rhetoric leads to direct attacks against the targeted group. One...
The uprising that began in Soweto on 16 June 1976 was a turning point in South African history. It sparked off the most sustained period of...
After a busy week in Israel as part of a Jewish leadership delegation, I spent some time in the United States, where I met Jonathan Greenblatt,...
Shortly before Shavuot, a joint South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD)-South African Zionist Federation delegation went on a six-day visit to Israel. Zev Krengel, David...
Last week, the SowetanLIVE reported on workshops for pupils conducted by the Durban Holocaust & Genocide Centre (DHGC) in Howick. In the article, those interviewed expressed...
Racist incidents in our country are still common. Seldom, however, do they take so repellent and demeaning a form as that which occurred at Stellenbosch University...
Tribute to Ann Harris Ann Harris’ recent move to Israel truly marked the end of an era for our community. Arriving with her esteemed husband, Rabbi...
It is unfortunately commonplace for ideologues of various persuasions to make baseless, misleading, and often deliberately offensive analogies between the Holocaust and Nazism in general when...
South Africa’s inaugural fully democratic, multiracial elections commenced on 27 April 1994, and since then, April has come to be regarded as Freedom Month in this...
Thirteen years of litigation and the innumerable meetings, communication, and general back and forthing that went into it is surely time enough to devote to any...
Long in the pipeline, the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill took a further step towards promulgation this week with public hearings...
Over the past week, we have all watched in dismay and horror at the events unfolding in Ukraine. The destruction, suffering, and loss of life has...
For the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), the handing down last week of the Constitutional Court judgment in the matter of Bongani Masuku marked...
The inherent danger of adhering to any cause, ideology, or faith system is that it can easily lead to those who don’t subscribe to such beliefs...
The African Union (AU) decided at its executive council meeting on 6 February to defer a debate on whether to withdraw Israel’s accreditation to the bloc...
On Sunday, I joined my colleagues in the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) in attending the official opening of the Union of Jewish Women...
